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TIL Les Claypool of Primus and Dean Ween are set to host a “Fishing Show” on Comedy Central, and is going to be produced by South Park creators Trey Parker and Mat Stone

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7rBEO TIL a British millionaire who bought the Segway company died after riding one of the scooters off a cliff and into a river near his Yorkshire estate
0dgEA TIL physicist Walter Jaeger was trying to invent a sensor to detect poison gas. He expected the gas to alter the sensor's electric current but it did not. Frustrated, he lit a cigarette and was surprised to see smoke altered the current. This discovery led to the creation of the modern smoke alarm.
R7Jma TIL Horseshoe crabs have existed for around 450 million years, and soil itself first appeared on earth 450 million years ago, meaning that horseshoe crabs are literally as old as dirt.
vZX4 TIL Lil Wayne had his life saved by an off duty police officer who drove him to the hospital after the rapper accidentally shot himself as a child.
4XJZJ TIL Walgreens used to own a 24-hour restaurant chain to compete with Denny's and Big Boy